Re: [PATCH] update raw patch in POM

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Pablo Neira wrote:
>> if ((((long) nfct) & 0xf8000000) && atomic_read(&nfct->master->use) <= 1)
>>         BUG();
> 
> 
> I don't consider reliable such BUG() triggered since I see this as a
> tricky race condition. AFAICS, the skbuff still enqueued holds a pointer
> to an invalid address that doesn't store ip_conntrack_untracked anymore,
> instead it points to something different, say the .bss section of
> another module reloaded which isn't the ip_conntrack module. Roberto's
> recipe requires module removal and reload in a very short space of time
> and I can't assure that those modules are installed and removed in the
> same order.

I agree, let's track down the untracked-missing-references first, then
see if any problems remain.

Regards
Patrick